# Svetlana Khodchenkova

Svetlana Viktorovna Khodchenkova (Russian: Светла́на Ви́кторовна Хо́дченкова; born 21 January 1983) is a Russian film, television and theater actress. She is an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2018).

## Early life

Khodchenkova was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She briefly worked for a modeling agency.
In 2005 Graduated from the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute, where she studied under the direction of Mikhail Borisovich Borisov.

## Career

Khodchenkova’s debut-role was in the film Bless the Woman (2003) directed by Stanislav Govorukhin. For this role she was nominated for "Nika" award as Best Actress. She continued her career in the role of a clairvoyant Cassandra historical television series Talisman of Love (2005). Svetlana played a ballerina in Pavel Sanaev’s film Kilometer Zero (2007).
In 2008, at the Polish Film Festival she won the award for Best Actress in Little Moscow.
She is also known for her roles in box office films Love in the Big City (2009), its sequel, Love in the Big City 2 (2010), and Office Romance. Our Time (2011).
She starred in the TV-series Lavrova's Method (2011), and appeared as Irina in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Khodchenkova attended the premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy at the 68th Venice Film Festival, on September 5, 2011. She co-starred with Hugh Jackman in the 2013 superhero film The Wolverine as Viper, one of the film's antagonists.
Khodchenkova played the leading role, Irina the Greek woman, in the historical action film Viking (2016).

## Personal life

On 13 December 2005, she married her classmate Vladimir Yaglych, a Russian actor. In 2010, they divorced. In May 2015, she was engaged to Moscow businessman Georgiy Petrishin. In February 2016, the couple called off the engagement.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2003 | Bless the Woman | Vera | |
| 2005 | Not by Bread Alone | Nadezhda Sergeevna Drozdova | |
| 2006 | Four Taxidrivers and a Dog 2 | Kozyrkina | |
| 2007 | Real Dad | Lyudmila | |
| 2007 | Kilometer Zero | Alina | |
| 2008 | Little Moscow | Wiera Swietłowa | |
| 2009 | Love in the Big City | Anastasia Igorevna Korshun | |
| 2010 | Love in the Big City 2 | Anastasia Igorevna Korshun | |
| 2011 | Office Romance. Our Time | Lyudmila Prokofevna Kalugina | |
| 2011 | The Pregnant | prosecutor | |
| 2011 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Irina | |
| 2011 | Five Brides | Nastya Karpova | |
| 2011 | For you | Kira | |
| 2012 | Rzhevsky versus Napoleon | Natasha Rostova | |
| 2012 | 8 First Dates | Taxi passenger | |
| 2012 | Surprise Me | Bagira | |
| 2013 | Metro | Irina Garina | |
| 2013 | The Wolverine | Viper | |
| 2013 | Isle of luck | Lena | |
| 2013 | Love in the Big City 3 | Anastasia Igorevna Korshun | |
| 2013 | Vasilisa | Vasilisa Kozhina | |
| 2014 | The Champions | Svetlana Zhurova | |
| 2014 | The Adventurers | Katya | |
| 2014 | Love Does Not Love | Irina | |
| 2014 | Blog Mom First Grader | Masha | |
| 2015 | Lady of Csejte | Elizabeth Báthory | |
| 2015 | Horoscope for good luck | Elena Karyakina | |
| 2015 | The End of Beautiful Era | Marina | |
| 2015 | The Warrior | Ekaterina 'Katya' Rodina | |
| 2016 | Classmates | Vika | |
| 2016 | Viking | Irina, a greek, the wife of Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich | |
| 2017 | Life Ahead | Lyudmila | |
| 2017 | Blockbuster | Ira | |
| 2018 | Dovlatov | actress, Dovlatov's girlfriend | |
| 2019 | Hero | Mariya "Masha" Rakhmanova | |
| 2020 | On the Edge | Aleksandra 'Sasha' Pokrovskaya, a saber fencer | |
| 2021 | The North Wind | Matilda | |
| 2021 | Tell Her | Sveta | |
| 2021 | House Arrest | Nurse Nadya | |
| 2022 | It's Not Her Name | Lisa | |
| 2025 | The Wizard of the Emerald City | Bastinda | Based on the novel of the same name. |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Talisman of Love | Clairvoyant Cassandra | |
| 2005 | Realtor | Masha | |
| 2005 | Solitude Love | Irina | |
| 2005 | Carousel | Tamara Onegina | |
| 2005 | Pictures Hunters | Nezhdana | |
| 2006 | Stalin's wife | Zhenya Alliluyeva | Mini-Series |
| 2006 | My Prechistenka | Agniya Tikhomirova | |
| 2006–12 | Alias Albanian | Galina Ermolaeva | |
| 2007 | Last reproduction | Lena | Mini-Series |
| 2008 | Quiet family life | Mariya | |
| 2008 | Crazy Angel | Alena Nekrasova | |
| 2009 | When we were happy | Lena Sintsova | |
| 2009 | Traps | Liliana | Mini-Series |
| 2009 | Pharmacist | Lubov Nikolaevna | |
| 2010 | Robinson | Lena Balunova | |
| 2010 | Gang | Anna Egorova | |
| 2011 | Lavrova's Method | Ekaterina Andreevna Lavrova | |
| 2012 | Brief Guide To A Happy Life | Sasha Usova | |
| 2012 | Mosgaz | Irina | |
| 2012 | Lavrova's Method 2 | Ekaterina Andreevna Lavrova | |
| 2014 | Kuprin | Zhenya | Mini-Series |
| 2014 | The Executioner | Irina | |
| 2014 | Kuprin | Zhenya | Mini-Series |
| 2014 | The Executioner | Irina | |
| 2015 | The Man in the High Castle | Zlatka Dzhenich | |
| 2015 | You All Infuriate Me | Sonia Bagretsova | |
| 2015 | The Road to Calvary | Liza Rastorgueva | |
| 2018 | House Arrest | Ilona Radchenko | |

### Theatre

* These free Butterflies (STD Theatre Centre (WTO) of the Russian Federation On Strastnom)
* Hospital Moulin Rouge (Independent Theater Project)
* Santa Claus - Bastard! (Independent Theater Project)
* Theatre with and without Rules (Independent Theater Project)
* Love Story (Independent Theater Project)